Bergara

Bergara (Basque pronunciation: [berˈɣaɾa]; Spanish: Vergara) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.

Bergara
Bergara main square
Coat of arms
Bergara
Location of within the Basque Country
Bergara
Location within Spain
Coordinates: 43°07′03″N 2°24′48″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Basque Country
ProvinceGipuzkoa
EskualdeaDebagoiena
Founded1268 (1268)
Government
  MayorElena Lete García (PNV)
Area
  Total75.97 km2 (29.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total14,596
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Basque: bergarar Spanish: vergarés, vergaresa
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20570
2057820580
Official language(s)Basque
Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website
View of historic quarter of Bergara
Center of Bergara

An Enlightened center of education operated by the Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País ("Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country"), it was the place where brothers Juan José and Fausto Elhuyar discovered wolfram.[2]

During the Carlist Wars, it operated as the capital and royal court of the Carlists. It was there where the agreement symbolized in the Vergara Embrace between Rafael Maroto and Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara ended one of the period wars.

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. A Chemical Analysis of Wolfram and Examination of a New Metal, which enters into its Composition, By Don John Joseph and Don Fausto de Luyart, Translated from the Spanish by Charles Cullen, Esc. To which is prefixed A Translation of Mr. Scheele's Analysis of the Tungsten, or Heavy Stone; with Mr. Bergman's Supplemental Remarks, London, 1785, 67 pp.


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